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Kataklysm - Entered Studio Last Week

The band entered the studio last week with producer and guitarist J-f Dagenais, - drummer Max Duhamel will be first laying down the drum work for "Prevail" - The recording process will last five weeks (hopefully) with vocalist Maurizio Iacono schedualed to record his vocals in September.

Maurizio's comments:
" The album is done and ready to go, although it was a breeze to write this album as things came so naturally, on the lyrics end, I worked the hardest i have in years making sure everything is where it should be,at times it was real difficult but the end result will speak for itself, Im truely convinced this album will take no prisoners, as you know we dont repeat the same record twice, this album stands on a league of its own..and im not saying its our best album, because only the fans have the right to say wether it is or not, all im saying is I listen to the songs and I wanna punch the fucking wall, that means we are on to something good."

Kataklysm has also hired the services of Producer Jason Suecof (Chimaira / Trivium / The Black Dahlia Murder) to mix the album in early January 2008, "Prevail" will also feature some guest appearances to be announced at a later date.

The highly anticipated album is scheduled for a worldwide release date of May 23rd 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Stay tuned as the band will release a few touring announcements very soon...

Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Kataklysm
Posted: 23.08.2007 by Aylee_Bodom | Comments (4)


Dark Tranquillity - Join Eastpak Antidote Tour

As posted on the official Dark Tranquillity website:

"We're excited to announce that we'll embark on the "Eastpak Antidote" tour that will take us through Europe together with the fine metal merchants of Soilwork, Caliban and Sonic Syndicate.

Here are the dates. For more info, please visit the official tour homepage.

Sep. 30 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
Oct. 01 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfun Hall
Oct. 02 - Leeds, UK - Cockpit
Oct. 03 - London, UK - Islington Academy
Oct. 04 - Nottingham, UK - Rockcity
Oct. 05 - Newcastle, UK - Academy
Oct. 06 - Glasgow, UK - Garage
Oct. 07 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
Oct. 09 - Den Bosch, Holland - W2
Oct. 10 - Utrecht, Holland - Tivoli
Oct. 11 - Hasselt, Belgium - Musik O Droom
Oct. 12 - Paris, France - La Tabendo
Oct. 13 - Marseille, France - venue tba
Oct. 14 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
Oct. 16 - Milan, Italy - Alcatrazz
Oct. 17 - Zurich, Switzerland - Abart
Oct. 18 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
Oct. 19 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
Oct. 20 - Prague, Czech Republic - Akropolis
Oct. 21 - Budapest, Hungary - A 38
Oct. 23 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
Oct. 24 - Berlin, Germany - SO 36
Oct. 25 - Köln, Germany - Live Music Hall
Oct. 26 - Hamburg, Germany - Grunspan

According to the band, "It's a rotating bill, and the playing order is determined by the relative sales figures of the bands in each country (which is the most fair way of doing things). We'll headline in Italy and Spain as far as know.

"Note that for contractual reasons we won't be appearing on the Scandinavian dates of the tour, so the only way for people in Sweden, Denmark and Norway to see us this autumn is to attend our own headline shows in early September.

"To avoid any speculation or gossip, we remind you that this is the first European tour that actually is officially confirmed by us, so the claim by certain news sites that we've 'cancelled' other obligations Iced Earth] in order to be part of this tour therefore aren't valid."

It should be noted that, despite Dark Tranquillity's insistence that their European tour with Iced Earth was never confirmed, Iced Earth's German concert agency Marek Lieberberg Konzertagentur (MLK) has gone as far as to produce tour posters featuring Dark Tranquillity's logo (which have been deleted from the site in the meantime) and has announced Dark Tranquillity's participation in the trek on its website. Also ticket distributors still sell tickets with Dark Tranquillity mentioned as special guest.

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Source: darktranquillity.com
Band profile: Dark Tranquillity
Event: Eastpak Antidote Tour
Posted: 20.08.2007 by Warman | Comments (12)


Mercenary - Entering The Studio

Vocalist Mikkel Sandager of Danish metal act Mercenary has issued the following update:

"Well, first of all, the new album is really progressing rapidly. We are in writing mode and it feels really good to be creative again. I guess I didn't realize how much I had piled up inside because I find myself writing and writing.

"Can't comment on any titles or songs yet but I am really exited about everything I have heard so far. It is going to be very nice to have René in the process as well as he is able to give us the harsh vocals that I couldn't do on 'The Hours That Remain'.

"On another note, I am starting to look very much forward to playing the next show. I guess I have become quite addicted to doing shows and I feel pretty strange to not play any for two or three months.

"We will start recording the new album in late October and hope for a spring 2008 release but no date has been set yet."

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Source: metalunderground.com
Band profile: Mercenary
Posted: 19.08.2007 by Thryce | Comments (2)


Savage Circus - Parts Ways With Thomen Stauch

As posted on Savage Circus official website:

Umea/Hamburg the 17th of August 2007

Dear Friends,

After the recent events at the Rengsdorf Rock&Blues Festival and the Rock Am Schloss Festival the band sees no perspective any more to go on with our drummer Thomen Stauch. Therefore we immediately release him from all duties.

Even though we are aware of his personal situation we cannot ignore the fact anymore that he is still not able to carry out his duties for Savage Circus. Already in summer 2005 Thomes started to cancel most of his all planed out promotional activities. In 2006 he canceled the Japanese shows and wasn't part of any other activity for the whole year. We gave him this entire year to solve his situation because we deeply hoped that he would be able to recover and to get back into pace again. But instead in spring this year Thomen almost canceled the Circle II Circle tour. Now he canceled two festival shows with extremely short notice again?

We are very sorry, but we cannot take this any more. We supported and backed Thomen up for over 2 1/2 years by now, but as sad as it is we must face that it is just not going anywhere. Even though we still do have a lot of understanding for his situation, we cannot allow the unintended but yet serious damage he is doing to the band in which all of us invest so much energy and work. We do want Savage Circus to happen, but we cannot see it happen with Thomen any more.

We are not looking back in anger, we'd rather like to look into the future. This does not dramatically effect the production of the Dreamland Manor follow-up, but we will need some time to decide and work in a worthy replacement, who will be announced shortly. Therefore the release date will move to early 2008.

We wish Thomen well and hope, that he will find his way.

With deepest regrets,

Emil, Jens and Piet

Source: savage-circus.com
Band profile: Savage Circus
Posted: 18.08.2007 by wrathchild | Comments (11)


Stryper - Working On New Album

Stryper guitarist Oz Fox (Bloodgood) has revealed that the US Christian Heavy Metal band are currently recording their new album "on the east coast." The as-yet-untitled new album is the follow-up to the band's 2005 comeback album, Reborn, and is expected out later this year.

Stryper have announced five shows for Spain, due to take place in November. Their schedule is as follows:

November
7 - Santiago de Compostela - Capitol
9 - Palencia - Fronton Municipal Eras de Santa Marina
10 - Madrid - Joy Eslava
12 - Bilbao - Santana 27
13 - Barcelona - Apolo

For ticket information go to this location.

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Source: bravewords.com
Band profile: Stryper
Posted: 16.08.2007 by Thryce | Comments (16)


Cynic - Entire Concert Available For Streaming Online

American iconic progressive death metal band Cynic played at Maximum Rock Festival, on August 12th in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. After more than a decade of absence, the band reunited and toured throughout Europe this summer. In Cluj, the legendary "Focus" album was played entirely, to the delight of a small but dedicated crowd. The show lasted for about an hour, and also featured the new song, "Evolutionary Sleeper".

The setlist was as follows:

Veil Of Maya
Celestial Voyage
The Eagle Nature
Sentiment
I'm But A Wave To?
Evolutionary Sleeper
Textures
Uroboric Forms
Cosmos
How Could I

You can watch the full show at metalcharge.com.

From Blabbermouth:

An MP3 of "Evolutionary Sleeper" has been made available for download at this location. The track was recorded live during the band's June 29, 2007 appearance at the Hovefestivalen in Arendal, Norway. Professionally filmed video footage of Cynic's concert at Hovefestivalen has been posted on YouTube.

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Source: metalcharge.com
Band profile: Cynic
Posted: 16.08.2007 by Thryce | Comments (1)


At Vance - New Drummer And Bass Player Found

As indicate on the official band website and MySpace page, with the engagement of bass player Manuel Walther (instructor: PR Music Factory; guitarist: Purple Haze) and drummer Alex Landenburg (Annihilator tour drummer; Philosophobia; Broken Grace etc.), Olaf Lenk has once again formed a powerful line-up, making 2007's At Vance more powerful than ever!

At Vance released its new album, "VII", on June 29 via AFM Records. The group's seventh effort marks the debut of new singer Rick Altzi (production and mixing of Olaf Lenk and the mastering of Mika Jussila, Finnvox studios, Helsinki)

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Source: blog.myspace.com
Band profile: At Vance
Posted: 16.08.2007 by White Winter Sun | Comments (0)


Detonation - Joins Loudnoise Booking Agency

As of now, Detonation will be cooperating with Loudnoise Booking Agency for the booking of dutch shows. Loudnoise is a renown booking agency and has been working with bands such as Municipal Waste, Gorefest and Mnemic. We are very confident this will work out well and Loudnoise can get us the shows we need!

As the summer is coming to an end, we're preparing for our shows in September and the rest of the year. On December 15th we'll be playing Black Winter Day Festival in Bradford UK, and most likely we'll be doing shows in the UK on the 13th and 14th of December as well. More info on that soon!

Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Detonation
Posted: 15.08.2007 by Marcel Hubregtse | Comments (0)


Satyricon - News Update

According to a posting on the band's website, Black Metallers Satyricon have announced a new show in Fredrikstad on September 29th. More shows scheduled for this coming fall will be announced in the next few weeks. The shows this weekend at Brutal Assault and Sziget Festival will wrap up the festival season for Satyricon.

Satyricon also states: "Thank you for the support so far! Next week we will return to our mountain resort to continue song writing and record demos for the new album. All is going really well with that indeed! We have also extended our partnership with Roadrunner and next year will be a very exciting one for Satyricon and our friends out there. See you soon."

Source: satyricon.no
Band profile: Satyricon
Posted: 14.08.2007 by Lucas | Comments (3)


The Dillinger Escape Plan - Parts Ways With Guitarist, Studio Update

The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Brian Benoit has posted a lengthy statement on the band's MySpace page explaining the circumstances that have forced him to take a leave of absence from the group. You can find that statement here.

The band has also finished the recordings of a new studio album. A studio update by the band can be found here.

More details are expected soon.

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Source: profile.myspace.com
Band profile: The Dillinger Escape Plan
Posted: 13.08.2007 by White Winter Sun | Comments (0)


Orphaned Land - Part Ways With Drummer

Israeli metal band Orphaned Land have parted ways with drummer Avi Diamond. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows:

"If there's a lesson to be taken from nature's seasons, it is that everything is dynamic around us, and it's nature's way to remind us that we need to freshen up and move on from time to time.

"After several years filled with challenges and hard work, we've utilized our work with Avi Diamond.

"During this period we've recorded the album "Mabool", toured the globe, headlined festivals and dozens of events worldwide. We've put the Israeli metal scene into the spot-lights, and created precedents in the metal world as a whole, and in the Israeli metal history in particular.

"Avi Diamond is a world-class professional drummer and we had the privilege to play with one of the best drummers in the scene.

"We are not disqualifying the opportunity to return and work together in the future.

"We are confident that Avi will succeed in his path ahead, and wish him best of luck and all the greatness that this world has to offer."

Orphaned Land vocalist Kobi Farhi recently stated about the group's current activities, "We are still in the writing process of our next album, 'OrwarriOR'. We know it quite a while, but you all know how complex our latest album, "Mabool", was and we want to give you no less than that. The final result is most important to us and we simply haven't found the formula to produce an album every year. However, I can assure you that your patience will be rewarded! Right now, to keep the flame burning, we have confirmed a few headline and co-headline shows on some summer festivals and we hope to meet all of you there!"

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Source: roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile: Orphaned Land
Posted: 09.08.2007 by Thryce | Comments (4)


Life Of Agony - To Release Live DVD

US Alternative Metal band Life Of Agony have issued the following update:

"We are very excited to share with you that there is a new Life Of Agony live concert DVD in the works. The footage was filmed at European festivals during the last tour in June 2007. The DVD shows the band performing its classic songs from the "River Runs Red", "Ugly" and "Soul Searching Sun" records. Filmed with multi-camera angles in front of crowds as large as 40,000 people, the DVD looks amazing. Bonus material includes rare backstage tour clips and more. Release date information will be available in the coming months."

Life Of Agony spent most of 2006 and early 2007 on a break after completing its successful touring cycle for the 2005 Epic Records release, "Broken Valley". The band is currently without a record deal, having parted ways with Epic in 2005. In the meantime, lead singer Keith Caputo released a solo album, titled "Heart's Blood on Your Dawn", and has a new CD on the way. Guitarist Joey Z has opened a recording studio in Brooklyn, NY called Method of Groove Studio and has successfully produced and mixed Brand New Sin's latest release for Century Media. Joey has also teamed up with Peter Steele (Type O Negative) to reform Carnivore. Drummer Sal Abruscato has been actively building custom motorcycles and recently won an award for his latest creation

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Source: metalhammer.co.uk
Band profile: Life Of Agony
Posted: 09.08.2007 by Thryce | Comments (0)


Avatar - New Album On The Way

The following update was posted on Avatar's official website:

"We've got title and release date set for the new album! Make a mark in your calender on October 24th. The album, which will be named "Schlacht", will be out in all over Europe simultainiously and it will be packed with one hour of kick ass multimedia junk, such as live clips and interviews! Large parts of Europe will be able to see us on the road in the beginning of next year with the almighty Obituary and Holy Moses. We're working on the Swedish dates at the moment, so be patient. This album will be something for the history books, I tell ya! I guess you're not really allowed to get these kinds of goose bumps from your own music, but WE DO!!! Can't wait to show you, but I will! Cheeeeeeeers!"

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Source: avatar.net
Band profile: Avatar
Posted: 09.08.2007 by White Winter Sun | Comments (0)


Blaze Bayley - DVD Details

The following message was posted on the Metal Mind website:

"Metal Mind Productions is proud to present a veritable treat for fans of melodic heavy-metal: legendary Blaze Bayley (ex-Wolfsbane, ex-Iron Maiden) on his first live DVD - "Alive in Poland"! Recorded during the 21st edition of the Metalmania Festival in Katowice (Poland), the footage documents a fantastic, over 1,5 hour show during which he presented the best tracks taken from Blaze's discography as well as selected tracks of his previous band - Iron Maiden ('Man on the Edge', 'Futureal'). This energetic performance was one of the highlights of the festival. The DVD also includes many great bonus features such as an interview with Blaze Bayley, an interview with all members of Blaze's band (featuring footage filmed during their visit to Poland) and more. The title is also available in a limited edition - including a CD with songs recorded at the concert!."

DVD tracklisting: (cover here)
01. Intro
02. Speed Of Light
03. The Brave
04. Futureal
05. Alive
06. Tough As Steel
07. Man On The Edge
08. Virus
09. Ten Seconds
10. Two Worlds Collide
11. Look For The Truth
12. Kill And Destroy
13. Silicon Messiah
14. Tenth Dimension
15. Sign Of The Cross
16. Born As A Stranger

Bonus video:
"Hollowhead" video clip

CD1
1. Intro
2. Speed Of Light
3. The Brave
4. Futureal
5. Alive
6. Tough As Steel
7. Man On The Edge
8. Virus
9. Ten Seconds

CD2
1. Two Worlds Collide
2. Look For The Truth
3. Kill And Destroy
4. Silicon Messiah
5. Tenth Dimension
6. Sign Of The Cross
7. Born As A Stranger

Also includes:
- Photo gallery
- Biography
- Discography
- Desktop images
- Weblinks
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Release date: 30.07.2007
Release date USA: 08/28/2007
Label: Metal Mind Records

A video preview for the track "Alive" is available at the following locations:
www.myspace.com/metalmindproductions (in the video section)
MetalMindPoland YouTube

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Source: metalmind.com.pl
Band profile: Blaze Bayley
Posted: 09.08.2007 by White Winter Sun | Comments (1)


Eldritch - Parts Ways With Drummer, Replacement Announced

The following message was posted on Eldritch's official website:

"Due to personal problems and to other different point of views, Eldritch decided to replace the drummer Dave Simone with the young and talented Raffahell Dridge. This is another important loss in the band's history, but sometimes it's necessary to take different roads. Dave is still a brother and the band will never forget what he's done for Eldritch in these last 7 years and 4 albums! We all wish him all the best for his future carreer. More news will follow in the next months..."

Source: eldritchweb.com
Band profile: Eldritch
Posted: 09.08.2007 by White Winter Sun | Comments (1)